Carriage-shade holder



(NoModel!) N. M. GUILLOW.

/Alfifarzdo 0 NICOLA M. GUILLOW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO JEHIEL D. GUILLOW, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAGE-SHADE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,112, dated January 15, 1884.

Application filed November 5, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it ntay concern:

Beit known that I, NICOLA M. GUILLow,

of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders for ChildrensCarriages, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a shadeholder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a like representation in detail, and enlarged, the shade being detached. Fig. 3 is a top View of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is asection in the plane of theline xaaviewed l 5 in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the holder in detail, and enlarged, showing a modification in the construction of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the shade or canopy, and a is a small stud projecting vertically above its central portion.

B is a bracket, rod, or supporting arm, such as is usually attached to the carriage for the purpose of suspending the shade.

C is a bifurcated spring-clasp, consisting of two arms, I) I), attached rigidly to a plate, 0. The forward ends of these arms, which are yieldingly separable, are curved outwardly, as shown at d d, and are bowed outwardly, as shown at d d. the purpose of this formation being to permit the stud a to be pushed in between the ends of the arms I) b and removed therefrom with facility, and at the same time to cause the stud a to be partly encircled in the clasp, the shade being supported or suspended by the said clasp for the reason that an annular rib or enlargement, e, is made upon the post a at a point above the clasp.

D is a screw-pin, split at its lower end to receive the plate 0, and f is a rivet or pintle connecting the pin (Z and plate 0 pivotally in such a manner that the clasp C may be vibrated vertically, as indicated in Fig. 2, the upper edge of the plate 0 being curvilinear to permit such movement, as will hereinafter more fully appear. The pin D passes up freely through the upper end of the arm B, and E is a nut run upon the upper or screw- 50 threaded end of the pin D. To facilitate turning the nut- E by hand, I provide it with a handle or lever, 9,- but such a handleis not an absolutely essential part of my invention.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the plate 0 is in the form of a segment, and passes 5 5 through a slot in the screw D, instead of being pivoted to the said screw.

To use my improved shade-holder in the manner and for the purpose intended, I pass the pin D up through the arm B, and clamp it there by means of the nut E, by this means bringing the upper edge of the plate 0 into frictional contact with the arm B, so that the clasp C will be supported properly, according as it may be desired to adjust it, it being understood that the clasp C may be turned laterally, as well as up or down, before the nut E is tightened, thereby forming a universal joint, and then clamped in the position in which it may be set by tightening the nut E. If the stud a be now pushed into the yielding end of the clamp, the shade will be suspended over the carriage, as may be desired. It will be perceived, however, that the position of the shade may be very easily altered by shifting the position of the clasp C, which may be done with facility by loosening the screw E for that purpose, and tightened after the clasp is set.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shade holder for childrens carriages, a universal-jointed clasp, consisting of the curvilinear and pivoted plate 0, in combi- 5 nation with the screw-pin D, arm B, nut E, and clasp C, substantially as and for the pun poses specified.

2. In a shade-holder for childrens carriages, a universal-jointed clasp, consisting of 9 the curvilinear and pivoted plate 0, in combination with the screw-pin D, arm B, and nut E, said plate 0 being provided with the bifurcated spring-clasp C, whereby said shade may be detachably suspended therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

NICOLA M. GUILLOW.

WVitnesses:

W. S. BAKER, M. M. GRIDLEY. 

